:Andy Barcham
{{Short description|English association football player}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andy Barcham
| image = Andy Barcham 1.jpg
| caption = Barcham playing for Portsmouth in 2013
| fullname = Andrew Barcham{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=32}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Basildon, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| position = Winger
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2006
| youthclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = → Leyton Orient (loan) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2008–2009 | clubs3 = → Gillingham (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2009–2011 | clubs4 = Gillingham | caps4 = 89 | goals4 = 17
| years5 = 2011–2013 | clubs5 = Scunthorpe United | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 9
| years6 = 2013–2015 | clubs6 = Portsmouth | caps6 = 45 | goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2015–2019 | clubs7 = AFC Wimbledon | caps7 = 132 | goals7 = 15
| totalcaps = 379 | totalgoals = 49
| nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = England U16 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update =
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Andrew Barcham (born 16 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who last played for AFC Wimbledon as a winger.
Career
=Tottenham Hotspur and loan to Leyton Orient=
Born in Basildon, Essex, Barcham became a full-time member of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, and became a professional footballer in 2005. He made 19 appearances for the reserve team, including 15 starts and scored a goal in the win against Arsenal that gave Tottenham an initiative in the title race. That season, he was also top scorer for the under-18's side, with 10 goals in 22 starts. An extremely tenacious forward, he was used predominantly on the right for Tottenham's reserves.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
In November 2006, Barcham made his first team debut for the Tottenham Hotspur's in the Football League Cup win against Port Vale.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6116418.stm |title=Tottenham 3–1 Port Vale (aet) |date=8 November 2006 |work=BBC Sport}} In November 2007 he joined Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the season,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jan/15/newsstory.leytonorient |title=Scouting report:Andy Barcham, Leyton Orient |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 January 2008 |access-date=9 May 2009 |author=Steve Claridge |author-link=Steve Claridge }}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7105796.stm |title=Orient sign Spurs striker on loan |date=21 November 2007 |work=BBC Sport}} and made his debut against Millwall.
=Gillingham=
Barcham joined Gillingham of League Two on 25 September 2008, originally on loan,{{cite news |url=http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10416~1403491,00.html |title=Gills sign Spurs' Andrew Barcham |date=25 September 2008 |publisher=Gillingham F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928054634/http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10416~1403491%2C00.html |archive-date=28 September 2008}} and made his debut in a home victory against Port Vale two days later, a game in which he was named as Man of the Match. He scored his first goal for the Gills in the 2–0 home victory over Chester City, and signed for the Kent club on a six-month deal in January 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10416~1506922,00.html |title=Barcham signs permanent deal |date=2 January 2009 |access-date=4 January 2009 |publisher=Gillingham F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724173600/http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10416~1506922%2C00.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}} Barcham was named the Kent side's Player of the Season in 2009–10.{{Cite web |date=2011-05-19 |title=Gillingham forwards Cody McDonald and Andy Barcham reject the chance to remain at Priestfield |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/gillingham-forwards-cody-mcdonal-a74713/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Kent Online |language=en}} He signed a two-year contract with the club that summer,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/8128673.stm |title=Barcham seals Gillingham switch |date=1 July 2009 |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=BBC Sport}} but left at its conclusion in 2011.[http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/2011/may/19/contract_rejections.aspx Gillingham forwards Cody McDonald and Andy Barcham reject the chance to remain at Priestfield]; Kent Online, 19 May 2011
=Scunthorpe United=
On 28 June, Barcham signed for League One side Scunthorpe United on a two-year deal.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13949647 |title=Scunthorpe United sign Jimmy Ryan and Andy Barcham |work=BBC Sport |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=21 May 2013}} He made his debut on 13 August, scoring the equalising goal of a 1–1 home draw against Preston North End.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14429748 |title=Scunthorpe 1–1 Preston |work=BBC Sport |date=13 August 2011 |access-date=21 May 2013}} He finished the season as the club's top scorer, with nine goals.
On 3 May 2013, he was released by Scunthorpe after the club was relegated to League Two.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22400796 |title=Scunthorpe United: Paul Reid among seven players released |work=BBC Sport |date=3 May 2013 |access-date=21 May 2013}}
=Portsmouth=
Later in the month, Barcham signed for Portsmouth on a three-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Barcham-Joins-Blues-4396.aspx |title=Barcham Joins Blues |publisher=Portsmouth FC |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608054724/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Barcham-Joins-Blues-4396.aspx |archive-date=8 June 2013}} He made his debut in a 4–1 home defeat to Oxford United on 3 August 2013, and scored his first goal on 24 August, in a 2–2 away draw against Mansfield Town.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23737092 Mansfield 2–2 Portsmouth]; BBC Sport, 24 August 2013
=AFC Wimbledon=
On 1 July 2015, after rescinding his deal with Pompey, Barcham signed for AFC Wimbledon.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33352983 |title=Andy Barcham: AFC Wimbledon sign Portsmouth winger |work=BBC Sport |date=1 July 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015}}
Barcham was released by AFC Wimbledon on 11 May 2019.{{Cite news |title=Soares & Barcham to leave AFC Wimbledon |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48238409 |access-date=2022-03-13}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 26 February 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other1 !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Tottenham Hotspur
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total
!0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leyton Orient (loan)
|25 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 1 | |||
| Gillingham (loan)
|13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| rowspan="4"|Gillingham
|23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10
|42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 8 |
| 2010–11
|24 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| Total
!89 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 18 |
| rowspan="3"|Scunthorpe United
|41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 10 |
| 2012–13
|34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Total
!75 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 11 |
| rowspan="3"|Portsmouth
|26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 2014–15
|19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Total
!45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 4 |
| rowspan="4"|AFC Wimbledon
|2015–16{{Soccerbase season|45304|2015|accessdate=8 July 2017}} |33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 5 |
| 2016–17{{Soccerbase season|45304|2016|accessdate=8 July 2017}}
|37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 6 |
| 2017–18{{Soccerbase season|45304|2017|accessdate=8 July 2017}}
|33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Total
!103 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 15 |
| colspan="2"|Career total
!317 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 359 | 50 |
1 Including the Football League Trophy.
Honours
= Individual =
- AFC Wimbledon Team of the Decade (2010s){{Cite web |date=25 March 2020 |title=Your Wimbledon team of the decade |url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2020/march/your-wimbledon-team-of-the-decade/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.afcwimbledon.co.uk |language=en-gb}}
- Gillingham Player of the Season: 2009–10
References
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{{Gillingham F.C. Player of the Year}}
External links
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- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Basildon
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's association football utility players
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Portsmouth F.C. players
Category:AFC Wimbledon players